bnathanb1982
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He must be looking at TWC of Accuweather ?
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Miserable March
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Stephenb888
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I do use the weather channel app and honestly temp wise it’s usually pretty accurate even 7 days out.
NCSNOW
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The March 1960 articles,pictures never get old.
I firsf hand expierenced the 93 superstorm in the mtns. True Blizzard. Love to see another epic March event, been close to 30 yrs,so its time for one.
I firsf hand expierenced the 93 superstorm in the mtns. True Blizzard. Love to see another epic March event, been close to 30 yrs,so its time for one.
Stephenb888
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What exactly would it take to have a blizzard so to speak in South Carolina? What all came together to create such an event in 93 and 1960?
cd2play
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West TN had an epic March event in 2015
tennessee storm
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That was a triple phaser. Are rare
Yep, 7-8 inches of pure sleet here in Montgomery County,Tn. It stayed on the ground and roads for a solid week here.
tennessee storm
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I ended up with bout inch n half sleet 5 inches snow on top of it
MANGR NOW
Y’all don’t want to see the frame after that one #Rain
Jessy89
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How can it be rain with cold that far south?
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Timing was the biggest problem that run if we’re taking the CFS verbatim..plenty of time. This one probably has legs for somebody on this forum
Clem282340
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Is this storm that we are tracking at the end of the month about the same kind of storm that we had on the 8th of this month
Jessy89
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No nothing even close. This system is what’s called a Alberta clipper they come down from Canada. However they rarely produce snow east of the mountains meaning most times the upstate doesn’t get anything. But if this clipper digs west of us picks up gulf moisture or even moves into the gulf things could get interesting.
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pcbjr
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Admittedly, very little insight to offer from this end of the world ... work is keeping me away from anything other than superficial model looking ... but I saw this on a break, and it does have model support, so sharing for whatever it may be worth ... ?
Clem282340
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Is it trending further west in the models
Jessy89
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Not at the moment. But it’s 7-8 days out. Plenty of time for good trends
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Clem282340
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It look like the 12z icon was picking up moisture from the gulf or something
Six Mile Wx
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Finally, Some Prolonged Cold Weather May Wrap Up February, Kick Off March in the Midwest, South and East | The Weather Channel
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Snownut
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I have seen clippers several times give upstate 3" of snow. It can easily happen
Clem282340
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On the 18z gfs it look like it was trying to pull moisture from the gulf and when it got to the coast it look like it got stronger
ajr
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Six Mile Wx
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Jessy89
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I’ve seen it happen to just it’s been a while and there rare. But ratios are high
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Jessy89
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We had a clipper like system in January/February 2017 bring some good snow to the Carolinas
Clem282340
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When you say Carolina are you talking about N.C. only or you talking about sc as well
Heavier rates and that was snow through a good portion of the Carolinas. Dew points and surface temps were good. Timing/moisture and this could bring a nice little high ratio snowfall to somebody on this forum
Well if we’re taking the GFS at face value here, it had a surface temperature In the mid 30’s with a dewpoint in the mid/upper 20’s. 850’s were well below freezing. This tells me with proper rates it would have been snow. Main takeaway: It’s close.
NCSNOW
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You get all those waves to merge and it will definitely impact the height field. A little SE ridging would help.
Six Mile Wx
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I’ve had the downslope winds warm me up and clear the skies too many times because of proximity to the mountains. I’m in the gap so to speak, it usually jumps over me and then starts snowing again.
The highest ratio snow I personally ever experienced was January 2003. 7.2 inches of snow on only .18 of QPF in East Charlotte. A clipper system where a meso-low developed just south of GSP
Cad Wedge NC
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Yep, Charlotte reported 8.5 inches of snow with only 0.17 inches of liquid equivalent. (49 to 1 snow ratios). That night was absurd here in the foothills. Even had thunder snow...... Lee-side trough enhancement.
pcbjr
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Bite your tongue ...
Webberweather53
Meteorologist
Just in case you weren’t sure yet that this was arguably one of if not the worst winter ever (in terms of the lack of cold + snow)...
At least this winter has given us chances to track over the last several weeks and some cold and a little bit of snow. During the 2011-12 winter, I truly don’t recall a single opportunity outside one storm for VA and northern NC,
Needless to say, I haven’t been thrilled with the warmer trends (toward a -PNA) in the ensembles for early March. Also, after 3 of 5 quite cold early March SE runs of the GFS (18Z Thu, 12Z Fri, 18Z Fri), none have been near as cold since. However, the 12Z CMC is still quite cold. 
Hopefully this warmer trend will reverse so that Majestic March can live up to its name. I don’t want to have to change it to Miserable March lol.
Hopefully this warmer trend will reverse so that Majestic March can live up to its name. I don’t want to have to change it to Miserable March lol.